"Possible Icy Roads".... argh!

i am dreading the coming of winter and freezing temperatures. of course i know it is going to be freak'n COLD! and of course i know the roads will be slippery and icy!!!! but I DON'T NEED TO BE REMINDED EVERY FREAK'N TIME I START MY OUTIE!!!!
 
does anybody know how to DISABLE this annoying feature???
 
thanks in advance! oh, and be careful driving because my outie just told me the roads may be icy AGAIN!

HAHAHAHA I dealt with it all last winter and it has started telling me again this winter. Its a safety feature built in that you would have to reprogram the computer to make it stop. Atleast it only dings on for 2 seconds and goes away, I kind of like it..... because it makes me take a look at the temp to check if its 32 or below. Then I know there could be black ice and I drive alittle more careful.

For the next 5-6 months here in Calgary, it WILL be below freezing every day...I really don't need this annoying "feature" letting me know.  I can feel it as soon as I step outside, thanks.  Between the low temp announcement and the "TPMS service required" warning(winter wheels installed), I would almost like the info system disabled altogether.

I really like this feature, I travel a lot from Miami, FL to NC. My last refuel is usually somewere in GA, so the temperatures there might be around 60, driving non stop to NC some times you fail to notice that the temperature will drop about 30 degrees. 

I'm waiting for the sensor to warn me when there is a car coming towards me in the other direction and that I shouldn't hit it. 

+1 that this is an annoying sensor that goes off every day here in VT!

Mine goes off if the temp hits 36 deg or below...  I dont think its that bad.

I think it'd be much more useful it it at least put a tiny icon of a snowflake next to the temperature display (like the Navigation Info Display does) rather than beep at you every time then disappear completely... 

As for disabling the entire info display, too bad it also has your fuel meter -- thats how they get ya!  What about finding the speaker and just disabling all audible tones?

For those of you that experience bellow freezing temps everyday I can see how this can be an anoyance. I was joking to my wife the other day about these warnings,  I told her this car is so smart that it will give you a warning letting you know "you have crashed" if you ever got into an accident. LOL, she was amazed @ how advanced this technology was. hehehe.

The magic number on mine is 37 degrees.  If I park in the garage, it goes off about 3 minutes later..by that time, I'd know if it's icy or not.

This "feature" is easily the worst. My Mini does it too, and it's usually about 5 minutes into my drive. When I hear that chime, my heart always skips a beat thinking something is wrong. Both the Mini and the XL-7 do it, and it's always driven me nuts. Like I need my car to tell me it's cold outside. If someone can figure this one out - super duper.

The magic number is 37. I dont know how they figured out 37 when water freezes at 32.

Likely a team of 10 physics majors studying for 6 months came up with the magic number based on some combination the temperature sensor's accuracy (including accuracy based on putting it right by a heat radiator) and the difference from air temperature versus road's surface temperature (which may be colder, and thus still have ice).  And yet they still failed to consider those of us who park in garages... If you factor that in, it should probably be something like 50-55 degrees F for the warning!

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ORIGINAL: brian360
Likely a team of 10 physics majors ....

And 10  lawyers, I'm sure! 

Ghee, I thought most of us (Including ppl in JaPan) have bridges right out of our garage/driveways which we know freezes before roads.  So the warning is ample enuf for me..  Open Garage door, Start car, Pull forward to driveway, close garage door, pull off driveway onto bridge which will be slippery at 37 degrees, (make sure 4 wheel drive lock), Skate delicately over top of bridge hoping Anti Skid works well  (Now in extreme sweet) going down opposite side of bridge, hit neighbors garbade can because of Black Ice, Now on solid non salted 38 degree road.

And just think, the neighbor is a cop!

Drive off safely before he gets out of house...
Repaint bumper for the 10th time...  And repeat

Old

I noticed it works like this for me...
Turn on car.
TPMS error come on.
Acknowledge with button.
Pull out of driveway.
Icy conditions warning comes on.
TPMS error comes back on.
Acknowledge with button.
 
I guess once an error gets raised, they all cycle through again or something.
 
On the happy side... snowy commute this morning and it really is rock steady.

Im still waiting for the snow..

my endeavor had a snowflake that would come up on the info screen when it was below freezing...but it would never make a noise or chime...

I suppose it is somewhat useful when you're traveling for a longer period of time and the temperature drops